<CORSA Chapters> Member participation

[clbiddle at comcast.net]

Ned and Bruce, 

In CCE we've had a similar problem in previous years. Never could decide on where or when for our tours. The decided-upon date usually was past by the time we decided on a date. The Spring Tour happened in mid Summer or was simply slid into Fall. 

This year our board simply declared in January that our Spring Tour will be on May 31 and our Fall Tour will be September 27. We have no idea where we will be going, what we will do when we get there or who's going to organize them, BUT THESE ARE THE DATES. Period. No argument. 

Believe it or not, we actually figured out what to do on May 31 and where to go. Magic. Even coordinating with two CORSA chapters in southern Wisconsin. 

For the Fall tour, we will be going to the State of Illinois Secretary of State Car Show (a number of CORSA members in that area happen to have a hand in that event (Prairie Capitol Corvair Association)). It will be an overnight tour and the date was moved up to September 12 (because that's when the show happens). Decision final. Sign up or stay home. Funny --- nobody is complaining. Lots of members are interested. 

Much easier than asking members for a consensus. 

--- Charley Biddle, Chicagoland Corvair Enthusiasts 


----- Original Message -----

From: "Ned Madsen via Chapters" <chapters at corvair.org> 
To: chapters at corvair.org 
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2015 11:37:12 PM 
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Member participation 

Bruce, 


I've planned a few road trips this year. In the past the "event chair" would try to find a day that everyone could go. That day never happened, so we didn't do anything. I changed to the "we're going on this day and hope you can join us" tact. Finding a good Corvair road in Kansas is a bit challenging. Good food and an interesting destination always helps. 


Ned 



-----Original Message----- 
From: Bruce Schug <bwschug at att.net> 
To: aeroned <aeroned at aol.com> 
Cc: CORSA Chapters <chapters at corvair.org> 
Sent: Wed, May 27, 2015 4:26 pm 
Subject: Re: <CORSA Chapters> Member participation 


Ned, 

Our participation varies widely. 

We have 49 “members” on the Roster. 
Most are couples, a few with children, so this represents, perhaps, 90 people. 
Some - probably 24 of those - are out-of-state, in declining health or a 
distance away. Looking over the roster, I’d say we have 63 who attend something 
every year (70%). 

We have monthly Dinner Meetings, the second Tuesday of the 
month. Attendance varies from about 15 - 30; usually around 24 (17% - 34% - 
usually 27%). 

On weekends, we have Events - a rally, picnic, road trip, 
Christmas Party, etc. We probably have 12 - 65 people at these (13% - 72%). Our 
Christmas Party and Picnic are up around 60-65 (67-72%). A Tech Session might be 
8 - 15 (9% - 17%) - in a guy’s garage. Usually the women come to the Tech 
Sessions and visit. Some times it’s just the guys. 

Over the years, I’ve found 
that the easiest-to-do Events that are a good draw are simple driving events. 
Meet somewhere, caravan on back roads, perhaps to see something - a park, 
waterfall, museum, or just nice scenery, etc., then stop at a restaurant and 
eat. Everyone likes to drive and eat. 



> On May 27, 2015, at 2:01 PM, Ned 
Madsen via Chapters <chapters at corvair.org> wrote: 
> 
> I was just wondering 
about club participation in other chapters. Here in Wichita we have about 30 
dues paying members. Some of these folks, I've never seen in my 15+ years in the 
club. We regularly get about 10 members at monthly meetings. We might get that 
many to participate in a road trip event. We only get about 5 or less to go to 
near by events outside our club. It doesn't sound like much, until you look at 
the percentage. 
> 
> 
> I'm wondering how other clubs do? Do you get 30% of 
your members to show up at meetings or events? Is 17% a big number to travel to 
other events? 
> Do we have a problem or are we just a small club? 
> 
> 
> 
Inquiring minds want to know, 
> Ned 
> 
_______________________________________________ 
> 



Bruce 

Bruce W. 
Schug 
Membership Chair, 
CORSA South Carolina 
CORSA member since 1980 
'67 
Monza, "67AC140" 
bwschug at att.net 












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